What is msiservice.exe?

msiservice.exe is part of MSI SCM Service and developed by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. according to the msiservice.exe version information.

msiservice.exe's description is "MSI SCM Service "

msiservice.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SCM\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about msiservice.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on msiservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMSI SCM Service
Company nameMicro-Star International Co., Ltd.
File descriptionMSI SCM Service
Internal nameService2
Original filenameService2.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Product version1, 0, 10, 0
File version1, 0, 10, 0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMSI SCM Service
Company nameMicro-Star International Co., Ltd.
File descriptionMSI SCM Service
Internal nameService2
Original filenameService2.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Micro-Star Internation..
Product version1, 0, 10, 0
File version1, 0, 10, 0

Digital signatures [?]

msiservice.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msiservice.exe file.

None of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the msiservice.exe file.

Folder name variants

msiservice.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\SCM\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD571c6748ee8de938532057ef10b4b7e44
SHA256455175332156939b3cda4511a2a6c213abbfdb85eeeca98b6ab014c994f532c4

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to msiservice.exe:

msiservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

msiservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

MSI SCM Service has stopped working.

End Program - msiservice.exe. This program is not responding.

msiservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

msiservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with msiservice.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 8 users.

User vote results: There were 4 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with msiservice.exe. Only 8 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

3 thumbs

"SCM is a built-in system control tool used to manage device settings by using Fn hotkeys and the SCM control panel. It also provides the ECO engine setup."

The application is developed by MSI. If you have a computer or other hardware from msi.com, you may see the msiservice.exe process running on your computer.

# 25 May 2016, 0:09

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